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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte will only be able get vaccinated with the Russian-made “Sputnik V” vaccine against COVID-19 in May next year after this has passed clinical trials and had been approved for distribution by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to Malacanang. But for the clinical trials that would start in October and will last until March next year, there will be about 1,000 Filipinos who will volunteer for this […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government has started distribution of free high quality reusable face masks to vulnerable sectors of the community in a kick-off ceremony in Rizal province on Wednesday, July 12. The launching of the Community Distribution of Face Masks is in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s pledge to distribute free washable face masks to Filipinos, said Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez. The target is to give at least […]
(Eagle News) – With the return to the stricter Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal, strict home quarantine shall again be observed in all households, with their movement limited to only accessing essential goods and services, from Tuesday, August 4 to 18. President Rodrigo Duterte announced the return to MECQ of these areas as COVID-19 cases in the country passed 100,000, with the addition of a record-high of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte agreed there should be a P10,000 to P15,000 sickness benefit for all healthcare workers who contract COVID-19. The President said he approved of the recommendation made by National Task Force COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. in a meeting with Cabinet members on Sunday night. In recommending the P10,000 sickness benefit, Galvez said there was “some sort of psychological impact on our health workers” when they get the disease. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Dutete assured the public that his government has plans in place to acquire COVID-19 vaccines as soon as these have passed clinical trials and approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the respective countries where they are being developed. President Duterte said the country would be able to go back to normal by December, as by that time, most likely there is already a vaccine against the […]
Palace says COVID vaccines could be acquired by December if approved in October (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that Metro Manila, Rizal, Bulacan, Batangas, Cavite, three cities in Visayas, and Zamboanga City in Mindanao would be under the General Community Quarantine as increased transmission of the COVID-19 is observed in the country. The cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue in Cebu province will be under GCG, while Zamboanga City will continue to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte greeted the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) on its 106th anniversary on Monday, July 27, and thanked the Church for helping the government and the whole nation. In his video message, the President noted how the Church Of Christ for more than a century had been a model in sharing and making known the Words of God as written in the Bible. He said the Church had also […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte asked Congress on Monday, July 27, to fast-track the passage of several economic measures to help the country recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three of these are the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act which will supplement funds for the recovery and response against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Corporate Recovery and the Tax Incentives for Enterprises or CREATE Act, and the Financial Institutions Strategic Transfer […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte gave telecommunication companies until December to improve their services, or government might just take over to provide Filipinos with better communication services. During his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27, Duterte called on “communication companies to improve their services, or we would be forced to take drastic steps for the less than clear services that the public is getting from you.” He urged […]
Duterte bares talk with China’s President Xi Jinping on COVID-19 vaccine (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte started his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 27, saying that there is now hope for a COVID-19 vaccine as the virus pandemic wreaked havoc around the world. “We live in a troubled time,” he said as he opened his SONA, and talked about how the COVID-19 pandemic had spared no one “neither rich […]
(Eagle News) – House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano opened the 18th session of Congress on Monday, July 27, in preparation for the fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) later in the afternoon by President Rodrigo Duterte. Cayetano spoke about an “unprecedented crisis” that the country and the whole world is facing with the COVID-19 pandemic which still has no vaccine to prevent it from further spreading. -Accepting the “new reality”- “We cannot sugar-coat the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the Department of Education’s request to have minimum face to face classes for areas considered “low risk” for COVID-19. In a press briefing televised on Tuesday, July 21, but happened Monday night, July 20, Duterte said that he is “okay” with the recommendation as presented by Education Secretary Leonor Briones to have limited face to face classes but only in low-risk areas in the country. Briones […]
